During the first three weeks in this class of ENG099, I feel happy with my performance, as with the whole class. I have achieved the number of words required for the writings, and so far the readings have been understandable to me.
I think I still need to improve my responses to an argument essay, which is the main idea of this class, and my spelling errors never leave me alone (they are so loyal to me). I also have to make a bigger effort on getting to class on time. It is a battle between my job and the school every afternoon. My job requires me to go all over the places around NY City and at 5:00 PM is when this action starts. In addition, I need to pay more attention to word form.
I have to put in practice the use of the writer’s guide book to move ahead. Hearing the professor's explanations, I believe that it will make me a better writer, together with the habit of reading.
The CAT-W was very interesting. First of all, I know we were advised about the text, but I did not imagine it would be so formal. It made me kind of tense. But I think I did an acceptable job; that’s what I think. My passage was the (text form #41) Social-Media Blackout at Harrisburg U. I summarized the passage and I mentioned the main Idea, which I was against. I also had the opportunity to express two reasons, giving my examples. I hope we will get more of these because I want to feel comfortable and familiar with accurate texts.
Mr. Blanco,
ReplyDeleteIn your second paragraph, in your last sentence you wrote "in addition," the word "in" needs to be capitalized. Second thing, I don't see a conclusion at the end of your paragraph. In your conclusion you need to summarize your essay. Besides that, it seen good to me.
Hi Edison:
ReplyDeleteBelow you will find my response for this blog series. This is not a grade, nor is it intended to be read as an evaluation of your performance in this class so far. The evaluation of the blog series may be found in Blackboard in the gradebook for this class and the grade is derived from a totally dofferent method as described in the syllabus. What you will see below is a response to your overall writing as of this blog series. The categories are from the CAT-W evaluation rubric (what the evaluator’s use). The comments below are intended to be both descriptive (what I see) and prescriptive (what you need to work on). I will be speaking with you personally about your current strengths and weakness during class. Please feel free to ask as many questions as you like about the following in class, during office hours, or in our FB groups.
Critical Response to Writing Task and Text: For this category, I look to see if you summarized effectively thereby demonstrating that you understood the reading/text, that you are actively engaging with the ideas of the text and responding in some way to them. For this category, you are fine but could still use some improvemement.
Development of Writer’s Ideas: This category responds to how well you use reasons to support your claim, how well you use evidence to support your reasons, and how well the reasons work together as a whole. For this category you need more work, particularly in your use of detail?
Structure of the Response: Is it an argument essay? Does it work well as a whole? This category is concerned with the overall structure of your writing--can I see that you had a plan and executed it well.
Sentences, Word Choice, Grammar, Usage, Mechanics: Is your wriitng clear and easy to read? That is what this category is all about. What issues need to be addressed now to improve the overall effect of your writing?
Overall: From this blog series I can see that you have the basics dwon from the first few weeks. You are summarizing the texts, identifying main ideas, responding to them, and you are writing “essays” when asked. Now we will work on argument format for essays and development. You are exactly where you need to be at this point in the class. Also, try to keep a hold on the language a but as clarity is #1 over vocabulary. Keep up the good work!